Susan Sarandon Finds ‘Good News’ in President Trump: ‘He’s Exposed All the Cracks in Our System’

Didn't her ping-pong hipster boy toy dump her for some twee his own age?

She's essentially a narcissist. They know no politics.

Maybe we can expose the crack in her skull and shine light on her brains.

Aree, R2. Sarandon is a total narcissist. Done with her (I was a former fan).

Please don't tell me this is from a recent interview. I haven't clicked the link. Quiet frankly, I don't think I can stomach it.

Regrettably, it is true. I will never think of "checks and balances" the same way. Not after living under a single party rule lef by psychopaths Trymp, Ryan, McConnell and Roberts.

Her politics are shit, but she's right about exposing weaknesses. I just hope there's a good "cleaner" in 2020 to tighten this ship up again.

She's right, asshole.

I loop the final scene in T&L screaming 'DIE BITCH DIE' now.

Oh. Look. Another Trump thread.

She's right there's definitely cracks in the system. And it's trump! But he's also showing that there's incompetent leadership with in the republican party and they'll let anything take place. As we're seeing with trump. When democrats take back Washington they need to fix the system so another trump can't happen. Because this ridiculous.

r10 has such a problem with Trump threads she actually clicks to read the thread and respond.

That old crack probably knows something about cracks....

She's right. Calm down.

r14, chill out. She's not right.

She is technically correct but entirely missing the moral component.

Obama was a decent guy trying to do the right thing and make things better and, as such, papered over the cracks in an unjust system. Trump has flung aside that modesty curtain revealing those deep divisions and weaknesses within our Democracy. Exposing those flaws certainly gives us the motivation to push back and the opportunities to fix those problems with something more lasting.

Take healthcare, for example. Obamacare was a middle of the road idea that made the flawed market-based private health insurance system more palatable mainly by providing subsidies and expanding Medicaid. It helped many people but didn't go far enough to ensure all Americans have adequate and affordable coverage. Trumpcare, if it gets through, will blow that up. The response to the threat of Trumpcare seems to be a huge push towards single payer/universal coverage/Medicaid for all. Silver lining, yeay? Well, maybe in the long run, but not for all those thousands of people who are going to die or be made bankrupt in the meantime. Add to that number all the other people who will be negatively affected by whatever else this shit show of an administration is doing.

It's not wrong to point to a silver lining as long as you acknowledge the cloud. It's not Sarandon's analysis that's repugnant, but her blithe dismissal of the suffering along the way, especially as she is not among the affected.

We don't allow medical experiments on live, unwilling human participants (or even corpses for that matter, not without permission), even if it would benefit humanity in the long run. It goes against our moral principles. Why should we allow a political experiment to do the same thing on an even grander scale?

This bitch again?

I suddenly have new respect for Tim Robbins leaving...

She better hope Trump doesn't concentrate on her face.

And while exposing those "cracks", millions have gotten caught in the crossfires. But let's just focus on exposing the cracks, Sue, no matter who becomes a casualty of war as a result.

She's a self-satisfied cunt. If it doesn't affect her, it's all good news.

She's dead to me, DEAD.

The biggest crack is the electoral system which is a fucking crock.

I cannot stand this woman now. Can't believe how many campaigned on DL to watch here wretched self on that Betty Davis Joan Crawford bio pic. Just no.

And no, there is no silver lining. It's bad enough juvenile delinquent twitterhead is President but he's changing the very nature of our government for decades to come. He's not only filling up the Supreme Court but all the federal courts as well. Did dodo head Sarandon consider the fact that there are hundreds of vacancies in federal court for judges and Trump is just going to put every conservative putz he can into office.

Sarandon is such an asshole. In OP's link on the bottom of the article it also linked to past articles about Susan Sarandon from 2016. In one of them it was headlined how Susan Sarandon wasn't going to vote for Hillary Clinton because she feared for her health. Susan Sarandon is scum and needs to just go away.

If by "exposes" she means "exploits," then sure; but it's hardly good news if it means your civilization destroys itself in the process.

The only reason anyone here ever said her politics were no big deal was because they were looking forward to Feud, and now that it's over DLers are finally admitting she's a crazy, selfish old cunt.

It'll be good news, apparently, when healthcare is taken away from 24 million people. Good news because we'll then see the "cracks."

Susan Sarandon Logic.

Yes Susan, if a serial killer goes into a neighborhood & kills a lot of people- he has exposed the cracks in their security!

Sarandon reminds me of the Trots and Stalinists and anarchists standing on street corners in 80's London selling copies of "Class War". Thatcher, they argued, was great, because her naked oppression of the workers was going to bring on the Revolution all that much faster.

How's that working out for you, guys?

This cunt better lose the Emmy to Jessica Lange.

She of the monstrous bank account, dead uterus, and 10 years left on a planet in peril.

Not a care in the world.

I think she looks good.

What a contribution, r32. You must be easily distracted by bright, shiny objects.

she really is one crazy ol bat.

Yes, take out all your anger on a pro-gay, pro-drug reform hippie actress who happens to think Hillary was a sellout. Trump's admin is a catastrophe in the making, and fuck Trump's bloated corpse to hell, but she's right that at LEAST his election exposes the Republicans in DC for the gutter-dwelling trash that they are, the weakness of ineffectual Democratic leadership (not that the numbers don't tie their hands to some extent), and the fact that our system is designed such that we can't even remove a raging mentally ill lunatic from office. At least we might make inroads with the heart of the Republican base now that that Trump has been exposed for his lies, and their insurance is on the chopping block. I've always been suspicious of government and aware of corruption, but I would NEVER have expected that things could get this bad. Our government is rotten to the core.

And watch Trump stay in office for a total of 8 years, just like Bush stayed for 8, something Susan campaigned for in 2000 when she campaigned for Nader and used her same speech against Gore for Hillary.

Ironic that she's a big supporter of Sanders who now needs a lawyer because of his wife's questionable dealings. Just like Trump. The only one who hasn't lawyered up is....Hillary.

Is she including Sanders as the "crack" that being exposed?

OP left out the sub-head

[bold] “I think he’s a horrible person, and he’s really dangerous,” actress adds [/bold]

If any of you would actually click through and read the article, nothing she says is that controversial-- her point is that having Trump in place gets people to look at things in a different light--everything from deportations to the fact that the Dems needed people to run for local offices.

Jessica Lange is winning the Emmy!

r35, Trump is going nowhere and Democrats ain't winning Congress. We're now getting stuck with a Right-wing Congress for a lifetime. Yippee. She and her ilk campaigned for this.

Excuse me, Right-wing Supreme Court for a lifetime.

I used to be a fan, but now I can't get past her ridiculous and dangerous political views. She carried on as if Bernie Sanders was a modern day messiah and then was so bitter on his defeat. Too bad...she is a decent actress but if she doesn't shut her stupid ass mouth, she may find herself low on potential new acting roles.

Has she commented yet on Bernie being under FBI investigation yet?

[quote]If any of you would actually click through and read the article, nothing she says is that controversial-- her point is that having Trump in place gets people to look at things in a different light--everything from deportations to the fact that the Dems needed people to run for local offices.

She's just justifying her Dump vote (since we know she didn't vote for "ill" Hillary).

OP left out the sub-head

[bold] “I think he’s a horrible person, and he’s really dangerous,” actress adds [/bold]

R26 Most DLers are intelligent and objective enough to separate the two.

R16, overall great post, but where are you seeing "It's not Sarandon's analysis that's repugnant, but her blithe dismissal of the suffering along the way, especially as she is not among the affected?" If you read the article, she acknowledges he's very dangerous and a threat to many lives. And to be honest, nobody thought Trump could get this bad (although even Chomsky was urging people to vote for Hillary!). Some people thought Ivanka would reign him in, people thought he would pull the old bait and switch , that he'd be some sort of renegade.

Like hell they are, r46.

If she'd given a decent performance or was an overall good actress it would make sense, but that's not the case. We have a coterie of unhinged Feud fangurls who were making up lies to defend Sarandon in the exact same way they're now making up lies to trash de Havilland.

It has nothing to do with separating the artist from the art.for most of these people. They're just pitching a fit about their TV show.

But now that the show is over I do notice fewer of the fangurls and fewer death threats.

R36 Trump has the lowest approval ratings in history. How the hell will he be in office another term?? The really scary thing is the Supreme Court being stacked with conservatives for life, the rolling back of environmental protections, inciting more needless wars. R40 we have a Right-wing congress because of gerrymandering and Republicans' total lack of ethics, not Susan Sarandon or even Trump.

And Ralph Nader is the main reason we have consumer protections and advocacy of any kind in this country. While this election was an emergency situation and I never could have voted for a 3rd party candidate in 2016 good conscience even though I disliked Hillary, people have their right (and should be applauded) for putting liberal/progressive third-party candidates on the map.

R47, it's impossible to believe she and others didn't know what Trump would be like. If they truly didn't think he would be this bad then it's willful ignorance, not a case of not having access to information about Trump and/or Repug behavior.

She and everyone like her took democracy for granted, using it for their own individual agendas, and this article is her trying to cover her ass.

[quote]She acknowledges he's very dangerous and a threat to many lives.

Acknowledging that he is and preventing him from being so are two different things.

r48, I have disgust for Sarandon and think she's ridiculous But she's a fine enough actor that you should be able to separate the actor and the entitled elitist.

And what is this tedious de Havilland adoration? Jesus.

R50, she did not take her democracy for granted just because she didn't vote as you did. She cared enough to speak out against someone she thought would would take the party in the wrong direction, DWS shitty vision, and the DNC's questionable choice to run someone very polarizing (Rush Limbaugh has been poisoning people's minds against HRC for 20+ years) with a lot of political baggage. If she were an influential political voice or pundit I can understand people being upset, but she's on the political fringe and not changing any minds. All those able-bodied millennials who did not vote because they thought Hillary was a shoo-in (But of course turned out to the women's rallies with their pussy grabber signs back in January and February to post photos on facebook), did.

[quote]Trump has the lowest approval ratings in history. How the hell will he be in office another term??

He doesn't. Those are fake polls. Remember how he won? The polls were fake.

R54 no, that is definitely not true. Several pollsters warned in advance of the vote that Trump might win. Even in most polls that showed HRC winning, he was comfortably within the margin of error. Now if you mean some of the states' vote totals were manipulated, I'd be willing to believe that.

[quote]she did not take her democracy for granted just because she didn't vote as you did

Don't be an asshole. I said nothing of the sort. You opened your post with that strawman argument and went from there -- at length -- not because you believe in what you said, but because you just wanted to win an argument.

Pathetic.

[quote]Trump has the lowest approval ratings in history

He doesn't. W's were lower, as we're Truman's when he was publicly against segregation.

Dear Susan,

I hope you will visit DL and this thread because you see your name mentioned on the "Google machine".

Here's my message for you: Find Jill Stein and shove her up your ass, head first!

I just watched Stein on the news the other day, dragging Democrats through the mud. Apparently the bitch forgot that the majority of the recount money came from Democrats and NOT Jill Stein voters.

Maybe this should be one less reason to shit on us, when there's someone to shit on, who's currently sitting in the White House, trying to figure out how to embarrass or endanger our country every day of his "presidency".

Susan, go to hell. And don't forget to take that silver haired Russian bitch with you.

Excuse my language, but I donated $600 to the damn recount, and I don't want to hear one thing out of Susan's or Jill's mouths.

> but because you just wanted to win an argument.

Oh please R56, spare me this bullshit. I was reacting to the bomb you dropped. The suggestion that someone who voices a controversial political opinion and refuses to vote for a candidate she cannot in good conscience support "took her democracy for granted" is a fucking inflammatory statement. How else was I supposed to interpret it?

And no, right until he started announcing cabinet picks, many people held onto hope that Trump was a wildcard who might actually challenge the congressional Republican agenda, or that Ivanka and Jared were liberals who would influence his policy. This was a very common narrative in the media.

R57, no President's approval ratings have ever been this low so early in the Presidency, I should have said. Second, "President Trump’s average approval rating is the lowest since Gallup began presidential approval surveys in 1953" (from The Hill, back in May)

R31, you forgot sagging tits...

it's sad that people need Trump to see the cracks (which were evident before him) and what's even sadder that some people still don't see these cracks because they keep eating up Trump's and the GOP's bullshit.

Well, isn't she so POSITIVE about being an ignorant bitch that helped foist this bullshit on the rest of us!

What a positive gal!

It's obvious she's anti-Trump. Her problem is that she's trying to be philosophical to an audience that overwhelmingly doesn't understand it. Look at the satirical websites, 90% that read them are dumb fucks that don't understand the concept of satire, so they FB and email it the "info" like it's true. Granted, that's more Repubs than Dems with that missing part of the brain. Curtis and Messing are has beens looking for attention. Sarandon was also a has been until she did Feud, so the other two are jealous of her.

Fake president, fake actress who used to be considered really good. hell I don't know.

It's not that obvious r64.

The problem is that she's got hers and it really doesn't matter who's president, it won't bother her one bit. Which is why she needs to cram it when it comes to this fake socialism of hers.

Cram it, Janet. hell yes.

call her Ms. Sarandon if you are nasty. She is exponentially creepier than Gwenyth Paltrow could ever be. She is a shit stirrer, Susan is. If that is desirable, then I do not get it.

It was wrong for her to go on and on as she did, especially after Bernie lost.

For example, let's look at her co-star on "Feud". Jessica Lange is a diehard liberal democrat. She supported the Clintons back in the day and was supportive of Hillary until she voted for the war. She then supported Obama, going to rallies and encouraging voters to vote for him.

This election, however, she stayed quiet. She didn't think it was more important to voice her disapproval of Hillary than it was to get a democrat in office. That was smart, considerate and classy.

I always wondered how things were on the set of "Feud". Murphy was/is a HUGE Hillary supporter. Lange has implied her "disgust" with Trump. and has voiced her "mental feud" with Conway. Things were I'm sure cordial but somewhat tense.

Point is, sometimes promulgating your peripheral opinion to the masses doesn't benefit said masses.

Give it up Susan, Everyone knows what a deluded, entitled and self absorbed, bitch you are now and have stopped caring.

Told you I should have voted.

I find her low key racist. She certainly dismisses Hispanics.

Goddess! Looking forward to her season-long stint on Ray Donovan starting next month!

....trying desperately to stay relevant......and failing miserably...

I slept with her last fall. She is a very lovely woman.

R75 You are the person who worked on the sets of AHS and Feud. I have a feeling you're a woman, too.

[R76] Yes, I did. But I'm not a woman.

R77 lol. I believe everything you wrote in that glorious thread. And you cemented my love and respect of Jessica Lange. Polite, sexy, saucy, but always graceful and classy, and apparently into dirty jokes. And certainly the best actress of her generation. She and Meryl, that is.

Also, I still hate Sarah Paulson and I have newfound respect for Frances Conroy, lol. Thank you for the memories!

R16 Unh? Obama capitulated to what Pelosi wanted. Obama wanted single payer NOT Romneycare. It was Aunt Nancy who gave us this deeply flawed system. To be fair, Trump was another supporter of single payer. I wonder if Ryan blackmailed him with any of his pissing videos!

Stupidity is just another form of wickedness. Julian Assange, Susan, Jill and Ralph Nader ought to be forced to parade nude in front of Trump while he tweets mockery of their nasty naked bodies. How these people could not see the damage he would do in pursuit of some high-handed exposure of the "cracks" proves what idiots they are.

And you're a patronizing cunt R33

R35, beautifully put. I concur with you 100%.

The American political system is indeed rotten to the core. And Susan Sarandon is politically aware and smart enough to know that it has taken a dangerous buffoon like Donald Trump to expose the system for what it is - corrupt, hypocritical and damaged. Sometimes it takes paradoxes like that to expose things or make for change.

But most of you on this thread are just butt sore that Sarandon didn't lick up your Hillary's cunt juices this last time around, unlike so many other sycophantic, supposedly 'liberal' celebrities did.

Good for her.

And you, r81 (especially if you're also r32) are a shallow twat who clearly has nothing to say about the matter at hand. I had no choice but to be condescending to you.

She certainly got all up in civil rights hero Dolores Huerta's face, r72.

This is simply not done.

[quote]Sometimes it takes paradoxes like that to expose things or make for change.

Like what? When?

We love you, Susan!

No, we don't.

It seems like the politicians answer for growing income inequality is to lower the standard of living on everyone not part of the elite few. Why complain if everyone else got a shitty hand too? Yet people still wonder why there is such anger and growing resentment among the poor and working class.